The 2017 IAAF Road Race Label Events was the tenth edition of the global series of

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competitions given Label status of Gold, Silver or Bronze by the

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(IAAF). The series included 103 road races in total, 50 Gold, 20 Silver and 33 Bronze. In terms of distance, 68 races were

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s, 23 were

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s, 9 were 10K runs, and three were held over other distances. The series included all six

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in the Gold category. Joyciline Jepkosgei was the most successful athlete in the series that year, with four wins. Three-time winners Eunice Chumba and Rahma Tusa were the only others to achieve more than two victories in the series. Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes were dominant on the circuit with a Kenyan topping the podium 92 times and an Ethiopian on 65 occasions. Bahrain (9 winners) was the only nation to produce more than five winners, though all of its winners were also Kenyan- or Ethiopian-born. China hosted the highest number of races, at thirteen.

Races

Series summary

By label

By country

Multiple winners

References

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Calendar 2017 IAAF Label Road Races
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